Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz announced an increase in the benchmark interest rate this morning bringing it to 1.5 per cent. “there will be difficult adjustments for some industries and their workers” The quarter of a percentage point increase… »
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‘Slav’ production to continue after Jazz Festival cancellation
Slav, the latest production from Quebec’s Robert Lepage and Montreal singer Betty Bonifassi, was cancelled after two performances last week, during the Montreal International Jazz Festival. One of the most popular ticketed shows of the event, the first five nights had… »
Health, International, Society
Canadian schools: Report on violence against teachers
“(The teachers) are in the line of fire daily and this does not bode well if we continue the same path we’re on” M Ramsankar Schools aren’t what they used to be even as little as ten years ago. That’s… »
Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Nunavut Day celebrations include Facebook beginning
Nunavut Day is being honoured and celebrated on this 25th anniversary today. July 9th commemorates the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the Nunavut Act, passed on this day in 1993. They laid the groundwork for the territory’s eventual separation from… »
Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Society
Being Prime Minister: what are they like as people?
Leaders lives behind the scenes. In public life, our leaders often put on a “public face”, but what are they like when the microphones and cameras aren’t there? That’s the premise of a new book called On Being Prime Minister… »
Mosul children haunted by memories of devastation and violence: report
“I wake up and I witness war everyday,” says 10-year-old Rahaf who lost her parents and her younger sister along with 10 other members of her extended family in a missile strike in her native Mosul last year. “I don’t… »
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Expedition sets sail to study seamounts off British Columbia coast
An expedition team comprised of four groups – the Haida Nation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Oceana Canada, and Ocean Networks Canada – set sail Thursday to explore seamounts (underwater mountains) near the islands of Haida Gwaii in the northeast Pacific… »
Uniforms made for government must meet labour, rights standards
The government of Canada has established new rules for the procurement of employee uniforms to ensure suppliers are paying fair wages, not using child labour and are adhering to other labour standards. Most uniforms for government employees are made in… »
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WW-II: Remembering a forgotten (almost) campaign July 10-Aug 7, 1943
Sicily landings 1943- Op Husky Almost everyone knows about the Normandy landing of D-Day in the Second World War but the prior invasion of Europe, if not forgotten, seems largely ignored. That was the invasion of Sicily and followed by… »
Plastic patch will detect e-coli in food
Canada has strict measures in place to assure the safety of food, but new technology may further reduce the chances that people eat contaminated food and get sick. Researchers at Western University in London, Ontario are developing a transparent plastic… »
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